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Night photograph at a bus door on a street. A man in a white shirt with a red and yellow marigold garland and a gold chain stands at the open door of an orange-and-white bus marked Prakash, with white sacred ash on his forehead. Around him a dense crowd presses forward; a uniformed officer in a blue cap stands in the foreground, and bald-headed devotees in white reach up with raised hands. One man holds a large white and pink flower garland with a green leaf accent. A bus conductor in white stands inside the bus.

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June 21 20142014-06-21June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesA photograph at night of a man standing in the open doorway of an orange and black bus, smiling and raising his right hand in greeting. He wears a red and white floral garland, gold bangles and a decorated white and red headpiece, with a white cloth draped over his arm. A crowd of people reaches up with raised hands and folded palms toward him from the street; most wear white shirts and some are bald. A police officer in a khaki uniform and blue cap stands at lower left. Shop signs and streetlights are visible behind the bus.2014-06-21 +1 copiesNight photo of a crowd pressing around the open doorway of an orange and cream bus marked 'prakash'. A man with long swept-back hair, a multicoloured floral garland, and a white-and-saffron shawl stands in the doorway smiling. Another devotee raises a large floral-decorated tray above the crowd. Men in white shirts and a uniformed police officer in a blue cap hold back the throng, and one person photographs the scene with a phone. Street lights and shop fronts are visible behind the bus.2014-06-21A crowd of men press around the open door of an orange and maroon bus on a tree-lined road. A man in a red-and-maroon turban and saffron-toned clothing stands in the bus doorway, smiling, with a white and red flower garland hanging from the door handle. Many devotees in white shirts and dhotis and several saffron-robed monks raise their hands with palms pressed together in greeting. A loudspeaker is mounted on the bus roof, and a silver car is parked at the left edge.2014-07-01Night photograph of an orange and black bus labelled 'prakash', with a loudspeaker horn mounted on its roof. A man in an orange-and-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-coloured necklace, garlands and bangles, with white vertical tilaka on his forehead, stands in the open bus door waving his right hand. Beside the bus, several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes and white tilaka press their palms together in greeting, while devotees in white and a camera operator crowd the roadside. A man on the right raises a bright flame or lamp offering. The man in the doorway has distinctive long swept-back hair, ornate gold adornments and rudraksha-style beads, consistent with a probable appearance of a person, though this is uncertain.2014-06-21 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01Night-time photograph outside an orange-and-black bus with a door open. A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border and many rudraksha beads stands at the centre, receiving a long garland of white, red and green flowers that a man in a white shirt is draping over her shoulders. Behind her, other devotees hold a brass kalasha vessel decorated with white flowers and green leaves, and a plate with brass dishes, while a woman in white on the right, wearing a rudraksha mala, watches. Garlands of red and yellow flowers are visible at the right edge. The women are dressed in white and red traditional attire, and the scene suggests a welcome reception with garlands and kalasha offerings.2014-07-01July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies